Baseline disability in activities of daily living predicts dementia risk even after controlling for baseline global cognitive ability and depressive symptoms

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 597-606

  Fauth, Elizabeth B ^a   Schwartz, Sarah ^a   Tschanz, Joann T ^a   Østbye, Truls ^b   Corcoran, Christopher ^a   Norton, Maria C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; dementia risk; disability

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877576910     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3865     Document Type: Article

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